Messages in this thread | | | From | Alistair J Strachan <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.69-mm9 | Date | Sun, 25 May 2003 21:35:36 +0100 |
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On Sunday 25 May 2003 21:15, you wrote: > > Changing fstab will not cause / to be mounted by ext2: the kernel makes the > decision for /. You may be able to use "rootfstype=" (I don't think I've > ever tried it). > > The proper way to convert to ext2 is: > > - boot with init=/bin/sh > > - /sbin/tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/hda1 > > - /sbin/e2fsck -fy /dev/hda1 > > - reboot, edit /etc/fstab for the non-root filesystems.
Thanks for this info. I just removed the journal and now have / mounted permanently as ext2. -mm9 got to login without a problem. I deliberately kept my /home volume as ext3 but commented it out in /etc/fstab.
I logged in as root and did:
mount -t ext3 /dev/discs/disc0/part3 /home
This also worked fine, I could read all the files on the volume. However, when I did:
touch /home/tmp sync
The kernel barfed out the attached junk and the file was never committed. The volume was not corrupted as I was able to reboot with -mm6 and all is fine. tmp does not exist on the volume.
Presumably this is of more help to you. Since / is now ext2, I'm unencumbered and so will be able to test anything you like.
Cheers, Alistair. [unhandled content-type:application/x-gzip] | |